Angela Demmer

Angela P. Demmer passed away on July 6, 2016 in Lakewood, Colorado at the age of 101.

Angie was born October 19, 1914 on a farm North of Beardsley, Kansas to Rudolph and Vincentia Pochop. She was one of eleven children.

Angie graduated from Stratton High School in Nebraska in 1933. Shortly after high school she married Arnold Schandler and helped him in the mortuary business. After Arnold’s death in 1940, she moved to Denver, Colorado. While living in Denver she met Kenneth Demmer, they were married on April 8th, 1948. They were married for 51 years. She worked as a ‘Rosie the Riveter’ during the war, a receptionist in Dr. Spear’s chiropractic office, assisted Kenneth in the auto parts business. She also worked with special needs children at a local school.

Angie’s life centered around her home and faith. Angie enjoyed being outside, tending her garden and flowers, and caring for her beloved cat, Missy. She also enjoyed knitting, crocheting, reading, and bowling. She was a Eucharistic minister for many years and also delivered the Eucharist to shut-ins.

Angie was preceded in death by her husbands, Arnold Schandler and Kenneth Demmer, her sisters, Mary and her husband Fred, Helen and her husband Jim, Agnes, Margaret and her husband Stanley, Agatha, her brothers Frank, Victor, Ralph and his wife Jean, Vincent, and Raymond.

She is survived by sisters-in-law, Lucy and Elizabeth, nieces and nephews, and many other family and friends.

Funeral Mass is 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Atwood, KS, with burial to follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Make a Wish Foundation, in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701. Condolences or information: www.baalmannmortuary.com